Highlights from the
College of Human Development and Education
North Dakota State University
2005-2006
The mission of the College of Human Development and Education at North Dakota State University is to provide educational programs and conduct research an other scholarly activities that focus on the lives of individuals and their families as they interact in work, educational and living environments.
1. Enrollment:
• During the 2005-2006 year in the College of Human Development and Education we had a third week Fall count of 1556 students. Undergraduate enrollment was at 1177, and graduate enrollment at 379. Graduate student enrollment increased by 26 students. Our graduate student enrollment is 24% of the graduate student population at NDSU.
• Spring 2005 enrollment increased making us the second largest college on campus for the second year. In this semester we had 343 graduate students, more than any other college on campus.
2. Student Success
• The first time pass rate for Dietetics students on the registration exam was 92%. This compares to the national pass rate of 79%.
• The pass rate for Athletic Training students who took the National Athletic Training Association certification examination was 77% for first time takers. This compares with a national pass rate of 33%.
• Two doctoral students received Presidential Doctoral Graduate Fellowships beginning Fall 2005. These awards span four years, carry an annual stipend of $16,000, and provide a waiver of tuition.
• We had our first graduate in our Education Doctoral program (Occupational and Adult Education).
• We had our first two graduates in the Counseling option of the Human Development doctoral program.
3. Learning through Technology:
• We added Apparel Merchandising to the web-based master's programs we offer. This program, along with options in Gerontology and Family Financial Planning provide a model for collaborative degrees and have challenged barriers that exist for curricular offerings. Institutions are involved in offering this program through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. The inter-institutional exchange of course offerings provides a way for distance education students to obtain a degree and enriches the options for students in traditional (on campus) graduate programs. Certificate programs in these areas are also available. Programs in Family and Consumer Sciences Education and Dietetics are being planned.
• Each unit in the college offered courses entirely on-line and the School of Education had extensive graduate offerings on IVN. The CDFS department has 13 on-line courses. The School of Education taught 50 IVN courses; they also have one catalog course that is web-based and several of the courses offered for teachers' professional development are web-based. Apparel, Design, Facility and Hospitality Management has six on-line courses. Eleven HNES courses were offered completely on-line, as an on-line hybrid, or through IVN. College-wide, approximately 30 on-line courses were offered during the year.
4. North Dakota 4-H Youth:
• The Center for 4-H Youth Development reached over 42,000 North Dakota youth (ages 6-18) with extension programs during the year.
• Several educational programs were provided for teachers in areas such as environmental education, character education, and building partnerships.
5. External Support though Grants and Contracts:
• Twenty-three faculty members received funds from external grants and contracts in 2005-2006. The approximate grant/contract dollars available for use during this year was $5,038,601. HDE Extension faculty funding and funding received by HDE faculty in collaboration with persons outside the college were included. Notification of additional new awards for over $1,455,297 for future years was given prior to July 1st , 2006 for funds that will be received after July 1st .
• The Center for Science and Math Education is a cooperative venture of our college and the College of Science and Math. The Center has been extremely successful in obtaining grants and contracts focused on the improvement of educational programs in the sciences and mathematics.
6. Publications and Presentations:
• Twenty-three faculty published 29 articles in refereed journals (an increase from 13 in 2004-2005); 41 other refereed articles, abstracts, book chapters and proceedings were published; 165 other publications were published; 59 refereed presentations were made at international and national meetings.
7. External Gifts Through Private Giving:
• Cash gifts totaled $739,297, and endowed funds increased from $2,375,925 to $3,087,923. Members of the Dean's Circle (donors who gave $250 or more) totaled 81 members.
• Seven new scholarships/awards were awarded during the year.
• The College participation rate for the Faculty/Staff campaign was 74.74%.
8. Teaching:
• Average student evaluations of both courses and instructors are consistently high for HDE faculty. The overall averages for this pastyear were: Instructor = 4.23 and Course = 4.17.
9. Placement:
• Employment rate for 2005 graduates indicates that of the 222 graduates surveyed, 193 completed surveys. Of those who responded, 167 entered the job market and 26 pursued graduate studies. Of the ten majors represented in the survey, five of the majors showed 100% employment.
• The percentage of employed graduates who entered the job market was 95%.
10. Service Learning:
• The university report for Service Learning indicates that the College leads with hours that students contribute to Service Learning.
11. Accreditation:
• Currently there are 12 accredited programs in the College, some with both national and state reviews.
• Our Dietetics programs received full continuing accreditation.
• Our Human Performance and Fitness program was one of the first eight programs in the country to receive full accreditation from the American College of Sports Medicine.
• Our Athletic Training program was reviewed and received full accreditation.
• The Counseling Doctoral program became fully accredited with the graduation of two doctoral students in the Spring.
• Full national and state approval was granted for our Education programs.
12. Facilities and Partnerships:
• A new campus hotel opened which provides a "teaching wing" for our Hospitality Tourism Management students and new opportunities for "hands-on" experience.
